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National Association of Black Journalists
Co-Faculty/Staff Adviser: Bill Recktenwald
Phone: (618) 453-3289 E-mail: reckman@aol.com
Co-Faculty/Staff Adviser: Beverly Love
Phone: (618) 453-6994 E-mail: bevlove@siu.edu
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) meets weekly in the Communications Building. It sponsors speakers, workshops, field trips, social events, and partakes in service projects. NABJ is the largest association of journalists of color in the world and has professional chapters throughout the United States. It offers a series of internship and scholarship opportunities.
Contact SIUNABJ@yahoo.com or 453-3289
Visit http://siunabj.blogspot.com the chapter web site.
International Radio/TV Society/AERho
Faculty/Staff Adviser: Max Grubb
Phone: (618) 453-6991 E-mail: mgrubb@siu.edu
IRTS/AERho provides students with opportunities to meet with professionals and build relationships with faculty. It is useful for those students interested in becoming more familiar with the community and seeing first-hand the operations of commercial television and radio stations. Each year, there are two IRTS/AERho conventions during which students can attend workshops, career fairs and discussions with professionals in education, production, management and sales, and news. IRTS/AERho helps students become acquainted with SIUC, as well as allows them to meet students on an international level. This organization ties together the Radio-TV specializations to form well-rounded students. IRTS/AERho helps you prepare for the real world!
Media Communications Association
Faculty/Staff Adviser: Scott Hodgson
Phone: (618) 536-7555 E-mail: scotth@siu.edu
MCA-I members meet regularly to explore the growing areas of corporate media. The SIUC chapter maintains close contact with national professional organizations and is involved with several on-campus productions every year.
Students in the Illinois News Broadcasters Association (SINBA)
Faculty/Staff Adviser: Ken Fischer
Phone: (618) 453-3075 E-mail: kfischer@siu.edu
The first student group affiliated with the Illinois News Broadcasters Association, SINBA brings together students with career interests in broadcast journalism. The group hosts professional news, weather, and sports broadcasters as guest speakers at chapter meetings. Members work on various projects on behalf of the parent INBA organization and attend two statewide conventions each year. In 1989, the SIUC chapter initiated a statewide student news awards competition.
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